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Make It Easy For Donors To Give | Fearless Fundraising Part 5 (Ep 70)
A potential donor understands your mission, believes in the impact you're making, and has decided to give. But what happens next? If the process of actually making tha...
How to Create Urgency Without Pressuring Donors | Fearless Fundraising Part 4 (Ep. 69)
A potential donor can believe in your nonprofit's mission, appreciate the work you're doing, and even intend to give. But without a compelling reason to act now, that ...
What to Say When It's Time to Ask For a Gift | Fearless Fundraising Part 3 (ep. 68)
Making the ask is often the moment when an otherwise confident fundraising conversation suddenly gets uncomfortable. You can talk passionately about the problem your ...
Fearless Fundraising (Step 2): The Solution is Bigger Than You (Ep. 67)
Your nonprofit may be doing incredible work. But when you talk about that work with a potential donor, who sounds like the hero? Too often, nonprofit fundraising revol...
Fearless Fundraising (Step 1): Start With the Problem (Ep. 66)
Before you ask someone to support your nonprofit, can you clearly explain the problem you’re asking them to help solve? That sounds simple, but it’s one of the places ...
When a Donor Says Yes… But the Gift Never Comes (Ep. 65)
A donor tells you they’re going to give $5,000. Great. Except a week passes. Then another week. Eventually you start wondering: Do I call them? Send an email? Leave it...
4 Leadership Lies Nonprofit Leaders Need to Stop Believing (Ep. 64)
Some leadership habits look responsible on the surface. Watching the numbers closely. Working long hours. Staying involved in decisions. Learning not to take rejection...
When Donor Confidence Shakes: How Nonprofits Can Protect Fundraising and Respond Wisely (Ep. 63)
Uncertainty does not always stop generosity, but it can change how donors make decisions. When conflict escalates, markets become unsettled, or political and economic ...
Nonprofit Leadership: Could You Keep Leading This Way for Another Three Years? (Ep. 62)
You can lead at an unsustainable pace for a surprisingly long time. You can continue making every decision, answering every question, carrying the fundraising pressure...
When a Donor Complains: A 5-Step Response Plan for Nonprofit Leaders (Ep 61)
A donor sends you an email, and they're not happy. Immediately, your mind starts racing. Are they going to stop giving? Did we do something wrong? Do we need to fix th...
Operational Stewardship: 3 Mistakes That Quietly Hurt Nonprofits (Ep. 60)
When nonprofit leaders think about stewardship, they usually think about finances. Budgets. Donor dollars. Financial accountability. Those things matter. But what if t...
How to Build Your First Nonprofit Board Without Regretting It Later (Ep #59)
Your founding board of directors will influence nearly every part of your nonprofit's future. Many new nonprofit leaders choose board members simply because they're wi...
3 Things Nonprofit Leaders Should Use AI For and 3 Things They Shouldn’t (Ep. 58)
Artificial intelligence is changing how nonprofits work. The question isn't whether your organization should use AI. The better question is: What should AI actually be...
A Vision Is Not a Roadmap: How Nonprofits Turn Big Dreams Into Action (Ep 57)
Every nonprofit leader has a vision for the future. The challenge isn't imagining where your organization could be ten years from now. The challenge is knowing what to...
Nonprofit Fundraising: How To Build A Development Department of One (Ep 56)
What do you do when your entire fundraising department is...you? For many startup and small nonprofits, the executive director wears every hat. You're leading program...
The Donor Journey Part 2 - from First Gift to Second Ask (Ep 55)
The Most Important Gift Is the Second One: How to Move Donors from First Gift to Lifelong Partner Most nonprofits spend a tremendous amount of time figuring out how to...
Nonprofit Fundraising: The 4 Stages Every Donor Moves Through Before Giving (Ep 54)
Many nonprofit leaders believe they have a fundraising problem when, in reality, they have a donor journey problem. In this episode, Matt breaks down the four stages e...
The Founder Bottleneck: Why Your Nonprofit Can't Grow Without You (Ep 53)
Could Your Nonprofit Survive Two Weeks Without You? What would happen if you disappeared for two weeks? No email. No phone calls. No text messages. No checking in. Wou...
Nonprofit Marketing: 5 Social Media Priorities for Small Nonprofits (Ep 52)
Stop Chasing Followers: What Really Matters on Social Media For many nonprofit leaders, social media can feel like both a billboard and a scoreboard. It's easy to look...
Nonprofit Finances: The Ins and Outs of Fiscal Sponsorship (Ep. 51)
Starting a nonprofit is exciting. But for many leaders, the pressure to immediately build a standalone 501(c)(3), create HR systems, manage compliance, oversee payroll...